by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Menlo College was awarded 26 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is accounting.
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Menlo was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
If you're applying to Menlo College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 70%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Menlo College, this ratio is 14 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Menlo College is 17%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Menlo College is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Menlo the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 45%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Menlo College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 826 undergraduates at Menlo with 813 being full-time and 13 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $26,534 | $27,296 | $27,543 | $22,858 | $33,313 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Menlo, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Menlo, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $7,229 a year. That adds up to $28,916 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Menlo is 7.4%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
Get more details about the location of Menlo College.
Contact details for Menlo are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1000 El Camino Real, Atherton, CA 94027-4301 |
| Phone: | 800-556-3656 |
| Website: | www.menlo.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/menlocollege |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/menlocollege |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 55 | $45,971 |
| Marketing | 44 | $45,791 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 35 | $56,905 |
| Accounting | 21 | $62,547 |
| General Psychology | 19 | $34,347 |
This is a decrease from the 826 students who took online classes the previous year.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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More about our data sources and methodologies.